Here's yet another episode of the "PBS Soundstage" TV show. This time, it's blues legend B.B. King. He's joined by three special guests: Terrence Howard, Solange, and Richie Sambora.

I was reluctant at first to post this, due to B.B. King's advanced age. He was about 83 years old at the time. And if you watch the video, he sat the entire time, and it looks like that's because he had to. However, I gave it a listen and his vocals and guitar playing were still very good, so I'm posting it. He would finally pass in 2015, at the age of 89.

It's pretty remarkable to consider that he did another episode of this show in 1976 (with Bobby 'Blue' Bland), 33 years earlier, and his music career had already been going for four decades prior to that!

The first guest was Terrence Howard. That was a rather strange choice, considering that Howard was famous for being a movie star, not a musician. He only released one album, in 2008. Since that was right before this concert, I guess he was trying to branch out into having a music career too, but gave it up not long thereafter. His singing was good, certainly nothing to be embarrassed about, as is the case with many other movie stars trying to be musicians. 

The second guest was Solange. She's a neo-soul singer (and a sister to Beyonce). At the time of this concert, her music career was just getting started, but she would later have a couple of very critically acclaimed albums. Her singing was very good also.

The third and final guest was Richie Sambora, the long-time lead guitarist for the band Bon Jovi. His appearance was all about jamming on guitar with King. It's a bit unfortunate that both Solange and Sambora wanted to play on King's signature song, "The Thrill Is Gone," so that song appears twice in relatively close proximity.

This album is 53 minutes long.

01 Every Day I Have the Blues (B.B. King)
02 See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (B.B. King)
03 How Many More Years (B.B. King)
04 How Blue Can You Get (B.B. King)
05 I Need You So (B.B. King & Terrence Howard)
06 talk (B.B. King & Terrence Howard)
07 I Got Some Outside Help [I Don't Really Need] (B.B. King & Terrence Howard)
08 talk (B.B. King)
09 The Thrill Is Gone (B.B. King & Solange)
10 talk (B.B. King)
11 Let the Good Times Roll (B.B. King with Richie Sambora)
12 talk (B.B. King with Richie Sambora)
13 The Thrill Is Gone (B.B. King with Richie Sambora)
14 Blues (B.B. King)
15 When the Saints Go Marching In (B.B. King with Solange, Richie Sambora & Terrence Howard)

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alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/KqvxLt8efGBDDw9/file

The cover photo is a screenshot I took from a YouTube video of this exact concert. That's King, sitting, with Sambora.